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Contents
Video URL........................................................................................2
Overview of Findings........................................................................2
Data Collection..................................................................................3
Consent Forms...................................................................................15
Contribution Forms............................................................................21
Appendices/Resource.........................................................................37
References..........................................................................................39
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Video URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMxtNpIk9BY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1LdxnVaOJ6ynli
WNOIo-uzFQX-10j2eu3p2Lvsok1fHKxwMwWnUpoLtcg&ab_channel=SamHigginson
Overview of Findings
Literature review:
Student engagement is vastly different from class to class, practical and theory lessons do have connecting
themes when it comes to teaching practices such as: teacher directed and student centred learning, however
these practices are more common in either practical or theory classes. For example theory based lessons
tended to use a teacher directed approaches while practical and physical based classes used student centred
and teacher explanation practices. Overall practical lessons had a much higher student engagement when
compared to theory-based lessons, however the information and quality of learning was higher in theory-
based lessons even though the engagement was not always the best.
Observation:
There were re-occurring trends in terms of teaching practices, for example teacher directed approaches
occurred in both theory and practical lessons however, more common among theory style lessons. Also
lessons that utilized a larger range of different teaching approaches had higher student engagement as the
teaching catered for a larger group of students. There were also instances where practical lessons used
methods that did not occur at all in theory based lessons such as: student centred learning. It's important to
note practical lessons had a much higher student engagement than theory lessons
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Data Collection
Other Practices
OT= Other methods used
(State)
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Other Notes:
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Lesson Setting Class Size Classroom Teaching Approaches Other Practices (Specify)
Engagement
1 IO SC MC LC H M ME L TD S E P W PA IC Q OT-
2 IO SC MC LC H M ME L TD S E P W PA IC Q OT-
3 IO SC MC LC H M ME L TD S E P W PA IC Q OT-
6 IO SC MC LC H M ME L TD S E P W PA IC Q OT-
7 IO SC MC LC H M ME L TD S E P W PA IC Q OT-
8 IO SC MC LC H M ME L TD S E P W PA IC Q OT-
9 IO SC MC LC H M ME L TD S E P W PA IC Q OT-
10 IO SC MC LC H M ME L TD S E P W PA IC Q OT-
*Setting: I =Theory O= Practical Class Size: SC= Small class (10-15 students) MC= Medium class (15-
25) LC=Large class (26 or more students) Classroom Engagement: H= Highly engaged (More than
80%) M= Mostly engaged (70%) ME= Moderate engagement (50%) L= Low engagement (less than 50%)
Teaching Approaches: TD= Teacher directed S= Student centred E= Teacher explanation P= Problem
based leaning W= Writing based PA= Physical based IC= Technology based (ICT) Q= Questions based
Social Approaches: PR= Positive reinforcement SU= Supervision F= Feedback Other Practices: OT=
Other methods used (State).
Other Notes:
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Observation Summary
Total Number of Lessons Observed: 10
Total Number of Minutes Observed: 600
Number of Occurring Instances
Tally the number of times each Item occurred
Item Practical Theory
Number of Lessons 5 5
Class Size
Small class - -
Medium class 4 4
Large class 1 -
Class Engagement
Highly Engaged 3 -
Mostly engaged 2 -
Moderate Engagement - 2
Low Engagement - 2
Teaching Approaches
Teacher Directed 2 5
Student Centred 2
Teacher Explanation 3 1
Problem Based Learning - -
Question Based - 4
Writing Based - 5
Physical Based 5 1
Technology Based (ICT) - 2
Other Practices
Other Methods Used Mixture of
ICT and
verbal
Instructions
.
Other Notes:
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Psychological engagement
I look forward going to school I feel I belong to this school
Behavioural engagement
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Establishing Structure
Autonomy
Involvement
1 2 3 2
1
4 4
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The 11-question survey was distributed to 10 students at a high school in Western Sydney. The
11 questions were strategically selected. They fall under the three teacher support areas of
establishing structure, autonomy and positive involvement as well as including questions, which
The results showed a strong correlation between areas of teacher support and psychological and
behavioural engagement.
It was found that majority of students who agreed and strongly agreed to the questions relating to
teachers establishing structure within the classroom, autonomy and displayed positive involvement
answered strongly in the questions regarding behavioural and psychological engagement. This
means that students who have positive teacher-student relationships are more likely to engage in
school work and feel they belong to the school. Therefore, the research supports the studies in the
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I am working on a project titled ‘Maintaining consistent student engagement in contemporary high schools’
for the class, ‘Researching Teaching and Learning 2,’ at Western Sydney University. As part of the project,
I am collecting information to help inform the design of a teacher research proposal. The main purpose for
conducting this study is to understand patterns of change in student engagement based on different
transitional lessons (I.e. Practical and theory) and the influence of teacher practice within Personal
development, health and physical education (PDHPE). The study will require a researcher to sit in on
PDHPE lessons and make notes based on an observational data collection process, to determine any
influence on lessons and teaching practice.
I have been shown the observation protocol and have been given the opportunity to discuss the
information and my involvement in the project with the researcher/s.
The procedures required for the project and the times involved have been explained to me, and any
questions I have about the project have been answered to my satisfaction.
I consent to being observed during PDHPE lessons.
I understand that my involvement is confidential and that the information gained during this data
collection experience will only be reported within the confines of the ‘Researching Teaching and
Learning 2’ unit, and that all personal details will be de-identified from the data.
I understand that I can withdraw from the project at any time, without affecting my relationship with
the researcher/s, now or in the future.
By signing below, I acknowledge that I am 18 years of age or older, or I am a full-time university student
who is 17 years old.
Signed: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Date: __________________________________
By signing below, I acknowledge that I am the legal guardian of a person who is 16 or 17 years old, and
provide my consent for the person’s participation.
Signed: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Date: __________________________________
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The implementation of the intervention was created as a group with most member of the group contributing
their findings of data. The intervention is based around Project based learning and will be implemented in a
cross sectional fashion to determine if change has occurred in the school. The intervention aims to improve
some of the areas of concern that was shown among reoccurrences between out data and research (see
Appendices 1). The action research layout was also created as a group and I developed the layout for the
video (See Appendices 2) this was done to determine we should implemented the intervention slowly to
increase changes.
I collected the data through observation, which was used, as one of our primary collection protocols, this
was conducted through the use 10 different PDHPE lesson over 5 different teachers classes. The following
results of this data collection can be seen above. The analysing of data was done though my own personal
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notes, however this was also discussed in the group to determine any linking themes. The data was collected
at Nepean High School among the PDHPE faculty to keep the findings consistent among classes.
I wrote out all the sections of my personal data collection and literature review that was spoken about in the
video and also contributed my personal research from the data collection that I found. I edited the complete
video along with Sam, including everyone sections, title pages etc. I also developed the key research links
and slides/pictures that go along with the video (See appendices 1 & 2).
Overall the group had very good interaction, with all members showing up to all the planned meetings
and implementing some sort of contribution in all aspects, this includes: Video editing, filming, script
writing and personal research/data collection. I found no issues with anyone in the group as every
member pulled their weight as some point in the creation of the video.
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Fill out the following rubric for each of your group members:
5 4 3 2 1
Took
leadership role
when needed
Contributed
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and
respectful to all
members
Completed
individual tasks
Completed
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
5 4 3 2 1
Took
leadership role
when needed
Contributed
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and
respectful to all
members
Completed
individual tasks
Completed
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
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5 4 3 2 1
Took
leadership role
when needed
Contributed
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and
respectful to all
members
Completed
individual tasks
Completed
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
5 4 3 2 1
Took
leadership role
when needed
Contributed
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and
respectful to all
members
Completed
individual tasks
Completed
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
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I contributed to the group topic by assisting with the discussion revolving around student engagement.
Ensuring that our topic was broad enough to have subtopics whilst still having a central focus of student
engagement. This also filtered into the design our individual topics, however, we discussed our ideas
openly so that we did not research the same subtopic
I contributed to the development and implementation of the intervention by recognising the common
themes between our literature reviews. This was also done as a group discussion so that we could
accurately establish an intervention strategy that addressed all of our subtopics.
I contributed to the collection and analysation of the preliminary data by ensuring that my data was
collected ethically before the group met to discuss the results.
I contributed to the research presentation by proposing ideas for its structure and design. I also assisted
with the video editing of the presentation.
I interacted with the other group members in a warm and friendly way, being respectful as members
stated their opinions and ideas throughout this group project.
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Fill out the following rubric for each of your group members:
5 4 3 2 1
Took leadership
role when X
needed
Contributed
ideas and X
knowledge
Polite and
respectful to all X
members
Completed
individual tasks X
Completed tasks
on time X
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
5 4 3 2 1
Took leadership
role when X
needed
Contributed
ideas and X
knowledge
Polite and
respectful to all X
members
Completed
individual tasks X
Completed tasks
on time X
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
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5 4 3 2 1
Took leadership
role when X
needed
Contributed
ideas and X
knowledge
Polite and
respectful to all X
members
Completed
individual tasks X
Completed tasks
on time X
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
5 4 3 2 1
Took leadership
role when X
needed
Contributed
ideas and X
knowledge
Polite and
respectful to all X
members
Completed
individual tasks X
Completed tasks
on time X
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
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Provided some research on topics that we could consider to make sure we choose a good topic. Kept
adding new ideas to information from research onto the google document. Started to write up the
script for the video recording. Wrote up the summaries for literature review and data review.
Provided background research and started to write it u for the script. Equally took part in group
meeting where we all formed around a white board to draw conclusions to our intervention.
Explained what PBL (Project Based Learning) is and created scenarios to explain in the video
Drew up some charts to further explain some data retrieved from surveys conducted by myself as
well. Formed explanations and conclusions based on trends and evaluated the use of flipped
classroom to maintain engagement.
Equally contributed to all meetings held on campus and at houses of team mates. Contributing the
running document on google and continuously editing and making amendments after meetings
Interacted with everyone really well! We were all motivated to not leave it till the end and finish it
well before the due date. I had no issues with any of the members- we worked really well together and
got things completed weeks prior to due date. There were several discussions prior to filming the
actual video to sort through data and synthesis of literature. We were on the same page and it was
smooth sailing.
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Fill out the following rubric for each of your group members:
5 4 3 2 1
Took X
leadership role
when needed
Contributed X
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and X
respectful to all
members
Completed X
individual tasks
Completed X
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
5 4 3 2 1
Took X
leadership role
when needed
Contributed X
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and X
respectful to all
members
Completed X
individual tasks
Completed X
tasks on time
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Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
Group Member: ____________Joel Caruana____________________________________
5 4 3 2 1
Took X
leadership role
when needed
Contributed X
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and X
respectful to all
members
Completed X
individual tasks
Completed X
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
5 4 3 2 1
Took X
leadership role
when needed
Contributed X
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and X
respectful to all
members
Completed X
individual tasks
Completed X
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
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I collected and analysed my own data through the online questionnaires and wrote a summary of it
for the video.
I interacted with my group members well. We were all friendly and supportive. We were willing to
listen to the opinions of others and shared the work evenly.
Fill out the following rubric for each of your group members:
5 4 3 2 1
Took X
leadership role
when needed
Contributed X
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and X
respectful to all
members
Completed X
individual tasks
Completed X
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
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5 4 3 2 1
Took X
leadership role
when needed
Contributed X
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and X
respectful to all
members
Completed X
individual tasks
Completed X
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
5 4 3 2 1
Took X
leadership role
when needed
Contributed X
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and X
respectful to all
members
Completed X
individual tasks
Completed X
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
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5 4 3 2 1
Took X
leadership role
when needed
Contributed X
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and X
respectful to all
members
Completed X
individual tasks
Completed X
tasks on time
Explain scores of 1, 2, or 3.
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We worked collaboratively to brainstorm and identify our research topic of ‘maintaining greater
student engagement’. From here, we broke down the research topic into areas of interest and
specifically to fit relevant subtopics within our individual KLA’s.
As I did not attend a practicum this semester, my intervention was based on retrospect perspective
from 2 former students, and 1 current teacher. A brief relaxed, open interview was conducted,
targeting the specific areas of ‘segmentation’ and ‘student engagement’
Data was collected and analyzed independently by each researcher. The group then came together to
share their findings, to then collaborate/formulate how the data related to the research project.
Pour group utilized my home, whereby, we congregated and used iMovie and some short slides to
create our video
Our group worked as a cohesive unit, each member having positive and productive relationships.
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Fill out the following rubric for each of your group members:
5 4 3 2 1
Took 5
leadership role
when needed
Contributed 5
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and 5
respectful to all
members
Completed 5
individual tasks
Completed 5
tasks on time
1. Blake was always ready to lead whenever called upon. Often coordinating
with individual members, in order to produce team collaboration.
Additionally, I believe this role was fulfilled by all members throughout the
project.
5 4 3 2 1
Took 5
leadership role
when needed
Contributed 5
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and 5
respectful to all
members
Completed 5
individual tasks
Completed 5
tasks on time
5 4 3 2 1
Took 5
leadership role
when needed
Contributed 5
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and 5
respectful to all
members
Completed 5
individual tasks
Completed 5
tasks on time
3. Helen is one of the most selfless and kind people I have ever had the
pleasure of completing a group assignment with. She always made sure that
the groups energy level was kept at a productive level. Oh, and she bought
snacks, lots of snacks. Additionally, I believe this role was fulfilled by all
members throughout the project
5 4 3 2 1
Took 5
leadership role
when needed
Contributed 5
ideas and
knowledge
Polite and 5
respectful to all
members
Completed 5
individual tasks
Completed 5
tasks on time
1. Sam took on the terrifying role of editing and finalizing the groups video
(among various other tasks), even though he had no prior experience in
doing so. He stepped up, and delivered a product nothing short of amazing.
Additionally, I believe this role was fulfilled by all members throughout the
project
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Appendices
Appendices 1:
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Appendices 2:
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Education as school subject: An empirical study of classroom and assessment practice. In Australian
VanderWeele, T. J., & Ding, P. (2017). Sensitivity analysis in observational research: introducing the E-
Woods, L. L., Sylvester, L., & Martin, J. E. (2010). Student-directed transition planning: Increasing student
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